the collision was not intentional and that the russian pilots, they were justeurs.an pilots, they were ma and incompetent. amateurs, make no mistakke ne, t was no accident. and i can guarantee you that vladimir putin personally signed off on this military aggression. now, here s our very owngenn jennifer griffin with senator mike rounds. take a look. t i just like to geto what hap your reaction to what happened today in the black sea.d . sec i mean, let s just be honeston about this for a second.omin the report coming out of our government is that this was an unperfects act in environmentally unsound. i m sorry, folks. folks. they shot down a unitedrplane. states war plane. ey took they took it out of actr and that s the response wees get back. it. so, yeah, not very happy about it. and the cannote bottom line is . cannot allow that to happen. we can allow that to happen. that s right. we can t allow t this to happen russia and putin s hostility and aggression against our c
chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
west and winter storms out east. and now, rite aid and how the drugstore is being accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan, and we are beginning with the turmoil, the fallout, and the wild ride that has already been this week since the abrupt collapse of silicon valley bank. and the federal reserve is looking at the oversight of the bank and what went wrong and who missed what. the regional banks are bounce back after confidence of the institutions were shaken yesterday. this is how the stocks are performing right now. that is not all that is shaking up the economic picture this morning. we got the latest read of inflation. the government reporting that inflation fell for the eighth straight month in february. matt egan and john solomon joining us u no. matt egan to you, what are we seeing? we are seeing that the pressure is easing here, and the fact that the regional bank shares fell, an
i m bianna golodryga, welcome to cnn newsroom. i m john berman. we begin with breaking news. a russian fighter jet has forced down a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force says the jet damaged the propeller of an mq-9 reaper drone. the aircrafts were operating over international waters when one of the jets intentionally flew in front of the drone and began dumping fuel. the white house says president biden has been briefed on the situation. cnn s oren liebermann is at the pentagon. we also have mark kimmitt. what are you learning? this played out early this morning over the black sea according to u.s. air force europe where a surveillance drone, an mq-9 reaper drone, was operating, again, over international waters when the air force says two russian fighter jets conducted an intercept in an up safe and unprofessional manner. but it goes beyond that. after the interpret, the russian fighter jets flew in front of the u.s. reaper drone, jumped dual in an attem
all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. hey mark today on the program a rare conversation with the great jon stewart fareed. it s we either have the rule of law. we have no rule of law. i will ask him about american politics, the economy the wider world. who knows where else we will go. you want to be upset about real things. but isn t that what drives comedy or art or anything? and the big meeting in moscow. she jinping traveled to russia this week, but three days of meetings with vladimir putin no white russia wants this . but what does china have to gain from this massive show of support? we will explore. also the crisis continues as the ripple effects from the collapse of silicon valley bank and others continue. what can we learn from past bank bailouts and crises? i will ask the historian neil ferguson. but first here s my take. the most interesting outcome of the three day summit between vladimir putin and xi